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The Preamble of Indian Constitution and its Importance

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WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the [unity and integrity of the Nation]; IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION. The Preamble and its Importance: The Preamble to the Constitution sets out the main objectives which the Constituent Assembly intended to achieve. The “Objective Resolution”, proposed by Pandit Nehru and passed by the Constituent Assembly, ultimately became the makers of the Constitution. The Preamble is non-justiciable in nature. The Constitution (42nd Amendment)Act, 19
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